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Question 1:

While on a
sight-seeing tour to an old and mysterious country far away from
home, you saw this statue. Discuss with your partner what this
picture tells you about the people, the place and the ruler.

Note down your ideas
in the web-chart.

Answer:

Note:This
question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding,
experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare
the solution on your own. However, sample solutions have been
provided for your reference.

The place: sand,
desert,

Deserted, dry,
barren, sandy, state of decay

The ruler must
have been

Powerful, arrogant,
snob, hypocrite, beheaded

The statue:
broken, face is

Beheaded, on the
ground, horrifying, stony

The people:

Suppressed, sad,
under the tyrannical rule, terrified

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Question 2:

Write a letter to
your friend about the sight you saw and your impression of it.

Answer:

Note:This
question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding,
experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare
the solution on your own. However, the beginning of one sample
solution has been provided for your reference.

Hey S,

Hey,
I am writing to you to describe something very interesting. The other
day I was going through ‘Literature Reader’ where I saw a
picture of a sculpture of two legs and a beheaded face lying on the
floor in the desert. The impression of the same, on me, was very
horrifying because it seemed to talk of a very powerful ruler who was
no longer alive. Who might have guessed that years after his death…

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Question 4-(a):

The poem is set in
____________________________________________

i.
the wilderness

ii.
an ancient land

iii.
a palace

iv.
a desert

Answer:

iv. a desert

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Question 4-(b):

The expression on
the face of the statue is one of ____________________

i.
admiration

ii.
anger

iii.
despair

iv.
contempt

Answer:

iv. contempt

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Question 4-(c):

This poem throws
light on the _________________ nature of Ozymandias.

i.
cruel

ii.
arrogant

iii.
boastful

iv.
aggressive

Answer:

iii. boastful

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Question 4-(d):

The sculptor was
able to understand Ozymandias' ___________________

i.
words

ii.
expression

iii.
feelings

iv.
ambition

Answer:

ii. expression

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Question 4-(e):

The tone of the poem
is ________________________________________

i.
mocking

ii.
nostalgic

iii.
gloomy

iv.
gloating

Answer:

iv. gloating

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Question 5-(g):

What message is
conveyed through this poem?

Answer:

Through
this poem a very important message is conveyed which explains the
ultimate truth of human lives that nothing is important. Everything
in this world is time-bound and not immortal. The immutability of
time has been explained through this poem.

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Question 5-(f):

What is your
impression of Ozymandias as a king?

Answer:

To me, Ozymandias
seems to be a very powerful tyrannical ruler, who was extremely
boastful of himself and his kingdom.

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Question 5-(e):

'Nothing beside
remains.' What
does the narrator mean when he says these words?

Answer:

When the narrator
says these words, he emphasises on the fact that human life is time
bound. The power and popularity of the ruler descended with the
descent of the ruler. Nothing is immortal and immutable in this
world.

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Question 5-(d):

Bring out the irony
in the poem.

Answer:

The irony of
“Ozymandias” cuts much deeper as the reader realises that
the forces of mortality and flexibility, described brilliantly in the
concluding lines, will wear down and destroy all our lives. There is
a special justice in the way tyrants are subject to time, but all
humans face death and decay. The poem primarily depicts an ironic
picture of Ozymandias and other rulers like him, but it is also a
prominent thought on time-bound humanity: the traveler in the ancient
land, the sculptor-artist who fashioned the tomb, and the reader of
the poem, no less than Ozymandias, inhabit a world that is “boundless
and bare.”

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Question 5-(c):

"Look on my
works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Who
is Ozymandias referring to when he speaks of ye Mighty? Why should
they despair?

Answer:

Ozymandias refers to
all the other rulers to come after his reign. They should despair,
because according to him, they can’t surpass his glory and
power.

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Question 5-(b):

"My name is
Ozymandias, king of kings:" Why
does Ozymandias refer to himself as King of Kings? What quality of
the king is revealed through this statement.

Answer:

In
order to emphasise on him to be the most powerful of all kings, King
Ozymandias calls himself ‘King
of Kings’.
The king supposedly was very powerful, aggressive, arrogant and
boastful.

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Question 5-(a):

"The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed." Whose hand and heart has the poet referred to in this line?

Answer:

The 'hand' refers to the sculptor's hand and the 'heart' refers to the King's heart.

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Question 6:

Identify and rewrite
the lines from the poem spoken by the narrator, the traveler and
Ozymandias:

The Narrator:
________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

The Traveller:
________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

Ozymandias:
________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

Answer:

The
Narrator:
The narrator starts the poem with the introduction as to how the
traveller had narrated his trip to the ancient land.

The
Traveler:
Two huge yet without the upper part of the body sculptures stood in
the desert. Near them lay a shattered face, which had a frown and a
wrinkled expression on his face. The face also held a hostile
expression of cold command. The expression could be read very well on
these lifeless things because of the sculptor’s artistry. On
the pedestal appeared the words of the king himself. It read that his
name was Ozymandias, king of kings, who commanded the forthcoming
rulers to look up to him, and be saddened by the fact that they can
never beat the glory he had achieved.

Ozymandias:
I am Ozymandias, king of all kings: look upon my work and be
despaired by my might, which you can never surpass.

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Question 7:

Shelley's sonnet
follows the traditional structure of the fourteen-line Italian
sonnet, featuring an opening octave, or set of eight lines, that
presents a conflict or dilemma, followed by a sestet, or set of six
lines, that offers some resolution or commentary upon the proposition
introduced in the octave. Read the poem carefully and complete the
following table on the structure of the poem.

Rhyme
Scheme

Theme

Octave

Sestet

Answer:

Rhyme
Scheme

Theme

Octave

ABAB-ACDC

Major
theme discussed here is that everything in this world is bound by
time. Dynamism is the truth of the world.

Sestet

EDEFEF

Major
theme here is that we are only human, and though we may consider
ourselves to be the earth ruler's, we wither and die like
everything else

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Question 8:

Complete the table
listing the poetic devices used by Shelley in Ozymandias.

Poetic
Device

Lines
from the poem

Alliteration

...and
sneer of cold command

Synecdoche
(substitution
of a part to stand for the whole, or the whole to

stand
for a part)

the
hand that mock'd them

Answer:

Poetic
Device

Lines
from the poem

Alliteration

...and
sneer of cold command

Synecdoche
(substitution
of a part to stand for the whole, or the whole to

stand
for a part)

the
hand that mock'd them

Repitition

King
of Kings

Personification

the
hand that mocked them

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Question 9:

Imagine that
Ozymandias comes back to life and as he sees the condition of his
statue,realisation
dawns on him and he pens his thoughts in a diary. As Ozymandias, make
this diary entry in about 150 words. You could begin like this: I
thought I was the mightiest of all but...

Answer:

Note:This
question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding,
experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare
the solution on your own. However, the following lines would give you
a brief idea on how to begin your diary entry.

I thought I was the
mightiest of all but I was so mistaken. Now I realize how my power
and strength are in vain, and are of no importance in the face of
time. I am grief-stricken by the fact that my command is of no good.
The power of nature and reality is far stronger than what I thought.
It has finally dawned on me that everything on this earth is bound to
change, irrespective of any personal traits or choices. I have
finally come to terms with the fact that I might have been a great
ruler, but it was wrong to have been boastful about it. So, I think,
one should be modest and sober about one’s own self…(to
be continued)

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Question 10:

'Ozymandias'
and 'Not Marble, nor the Gilded Monuments' are on Time. Compare the
two sonnets in terms of the way in which Time is treated by the
poets. Write your answer in about 150 words.

Answer:

Note:This
question is to be answered on the basis of your own understanding,
experience and thoughts. It is strongly recommended that you prepare
the solution on your own. However, the following lines would give you
a brief idea on how to begin your diary entry.

All of these poets
talk about the destructive power of time. There are two completely
different ways that you can look at the cruel power of time. One is
where time can mature and enrich people or wine, generally a good
view of time. The other is where time destroys everything in its
path, like the fall of an empire. Poems under consideration focus on
the destructive power of time. It is believed that the passage of
time is a destructive force and that the poems using that view are
better as they are more powerful and display strong images about
time…(to be continued)